Tribunal de Apelação critica as condenações injustas de Lee Williamson ligadas ao escândalo de TI Horizon. Court of Appeal quashes Lee Williamson's wrongful convictions linked to Horizon IT scandal.

Lee Williamson, um ex-sub-postmaster da Irlanda do Norte, teve todas as suas condenações injustas ligadas ao escândalo de TI Horizon anulada pelo Tribunal de Recurso. Lee Williamson, a former sub-postmaster from Northern Ireland, has had all his wrongful convictions linked to the Horizon IT scandal quashed by the Court of Appeal. Isso segue o fim da oposição do Ministério Público. This follows the end of opposition from the Public Prosecution Service. O escândalo, envolvendo softwares defeituosos que falsamente indicavam falta de dinheiro, levou a mais de 700 processos em todo o Reino Unido de 1999 a 2015. The scandal, involving faulty software that falsely indicated missing money, led to over 700 prosecutions across the UK from 1999 to 2015. O novo Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act derrubará automaticamente cinco das condenações de Williamson. The new Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act will automatically overturn five of Williamson's convictions.